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Sweden

NATIONAL HERITAGE BOARD

EHHF 2019 CULTURAL HERITAGE IN SOCIETY, AN INTEGRATED APPROACH

Dr Susanne Thedéen, Director General of the Swedish National Heritage Board since October 2024, holds a degree in Economics and Business Administration from the Stockholm School of Economics and a Doctorate in Archaeology from Stockholm University. She completed her doctoral dissertation in 2004, focusing on burial practices and life-cycle rituals during the Bronze Age. Dr Thedéen has extensive experience in government administration, museums, and the cultural heritage sector. She served as county museum director at the Gotland Museum from 2017 to 2022 and has previously held roles as head of planning and deputy head of administration at Stockholm University. Appointed deputy director general of the National Heritage Board in 2022, she served as acting director general March-October 2024. Dr Thedéen has also held numerous trustee positions within the higher education sector and the cultural heritage field.

A LITTLE BIT OF HISTORY
The first European Heritage Summit was organised in London from April 26 to 28, 2006 by Dr Simon Thurley, former Chief Executive of English Heritage. The mission of the summit was to bring together for the first time those responsible for Europe's cultural heritage, to create an opportunity to exchange experiences in heritage management and to initiate joint action. The first summit brought together 23 European countries, who agreed in the summit's final declaration to continue to meet annually in the form of a European Heritage Heads Forum. Each year, future host countries are chosen by mutual agreement at the annual meeting, so that the tradition can continue.

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